Paige McNamee
Overnight editor
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Plus: WTO forecasts tariffs to reverse trade growth to near zero in 2025; China demands respect as Trump moves to box it in; Second leaders’ debate marked by stumbles and slips.
Plus: Trading boom lifts Citi and BofA, also helped by consumer spending; Zuckerberg admits Instagram buy was strategic; China blocks Boeing jets over tariffs.
Plus: Aussie VC is waking up to foreign risks; Pricey compulsory legal training under fire for poor value; Harvard rejects Trump’s governance demands.
Plus: Tariff break to end for smartphones and phones, says Lutnick; Wall Street banks gain while credit defaults rise; Russia bombs church crowd in Ukraine.
Plus: Australia declines China's trade call to ‘hold hands’; EU and Australia to restart free trade deal talks; Trump’s Fed nominee Michelle Bowman vows bank rules overhaul.
Plus: Trump lifts China tariffs to 125%; Yields fall after Trump tariff pause; Chalmers denies recession risk in debate.
